I’ve been making sweet red bean paste for my homemade mooncakes (read about my blog posts Sweet Red Bean Paste and Sugar-Free Sweet Red Bean Paste for more details) and this is the first time that I flavored it with Chen Pi. Everything is basically the same. I just dumped in some chen pi when... Continue Reading →
Red Bean Soup 紅豆沙
I’m sharing with you a super easy and convenient way to prepare red bean soup. With the help of an electric pressure cooker, there is no need to soak the beans and the beans are all soft and mushy after pressure cooking for 40 minutes. Bear in mind not to release pressure right away or... Continue Reading →
Baked Red Bean and Coconut Sticky Rice Cake (Nian Gao) 焗紅豆椰汁糕 (烤年糕)
I know it is not Chinese New Year yet but my three-year-old son and I have made some Nian Gao (sticky rice cake) yesterday. My little boy was the chef and handled all the stirring and mixing and pouring for me. What I did was to measure the ingredients, melt the sugar in the milk and... Continue Reading →
Red Bean Chiffon Cupcakes 紅豆戚風杯子蛋糕
I love red bean but store bought red bean paste is too sweet to my liking. Therefore, I usually make my own red bean paste at home. Spending several hours preparing fresh red bean paste each time before baking always challenges my patience. This time I've used powdered red bean for my cupcakes. Beans are... Continue Reading →
Red Bean White Chocolate Green Tea Mousse Cake 紅豆白朱古力綠茶慕士蛋糕
A four-layer cake that is made from scratch! You don’t need much decorations for this cake as its beautiful layers are already an eye-catcher... The simpler the better 完全自家製的四層蛋糕, 分明的層次本身己是這個蛋糕的賣點, 太多裝飾反而會喧賓奪主! 有時簡單就是美 Red Bean White Chocolate Green Tea Mousse Cake 紅豆白朱古力綠茶慕士蛋糕 (makes a 6-inch cake 六寸份量) Ingredients 材料 Homemade organic red bean paste 自製有機蜜紅豆蓉 Organic red... Continue Reading →